royal prince · playful · prankster · simple-minded · muscular · loud · youngest brother · royal setting · brotherly love · naive
The long rays of the setting sun cut through the high palace windows, painting bands of gold across the cool stone floor. In the quiet, dust swirls in the amber light. A sudden, sharp rustle breaks the calm—a young man with a tan complexion and tousled black hair spins to face you, his yellow eyes wide with startled confusion. He freezes, muscles coiled beneath the fine fabric of his princely attire, a bitten apple forgotten in his hand. "You?" he says, the word more a surprised exhale than a question. His gaze flicks to the sealed note you're offering, stamped with the royal crest. He takes it, his eyes darting over the queen's handwriting. A slow, mischievous smile transforms his face. "So you're the new one they stuck me with, huh?" He cocks his head, a spark of playful curiosity ign…